Nikon SB-26 Instruction Manual - Page 51

6 Choose a shutter speed* from 1/250 to 1/4000 sec. on the camera * Although any shutter speed can be used, an uneven exposure may result with speeds outside this range. 7 Set your desired aperture on the camera. 5 Press ı button until F appears in the LCD panel, and confirm 1 or 2 appears in the light amount indicator while LCD indication changes: - h - ' - " - j k - l - ; - 1 - 2 -. Next, choose either 1 for FP1 flash operation or 2 for FP2. 8 Focus on the subject. Look into camera viewfinder and compose shot while lightly pressing the shutter release button. 9 Confirm aperture and shutter speed in the camera's viewfinder. Check whether subject is focused by using the in-focus indicator !. Detaching the SB-26 When you take off the Speedlight from the F5, F90X/N90s or F90-Series/N90 to use it with another camera, be sure to cancel FP flash operation by pressing the ı button: confirm F disappears from the LCD panel. If it is removed with FP setting, F blinks a warning. The SB-26 will not function normally with the FP setting when mounted to any model other than the F5, F90X/N90s or F90-Series/N90. Shifting to other mode Shutter speed is automatically locked at 1/250 sec., if you have set a shutter speed at 1/250 sec. or faster, then you perform one of the following: a. Switch exposure mode to programmed auto on the camera, or b. Change from FP High-Speed Sync to another flash operation on the Speedlight. 100 Chapter 4 FP High-Speed Sync Flash 10 Set the aperture value (from step 7) in the SB-26's LCD panel. See "Setting Aperture Value (Manual Adjustment)," pages 28 to 29. The aperture value is automatically set and indicated in the SB-26's LCD panel when the camera is used with an AF Nikkor lens (including the latest D-Type) or a Nikkor lens having a built-in CPU. An indicator bar / appears to show the appropriate shooting distance. In a bright scene After you have adjusted the camera/flash-to-subject distance (with subject standing at the location represented by indication bar /), readjust indicator bar (from step 11) to the left by one or two steps so the bar indicates a position closer than the actual subject location. Experience indicates that a small amount of underexposure may result in a more pleasing photograph. To readjust the indicator bar, perform one or a combination of the following adjustments: 1) Pressing ı button to switch from FP1 (F with 1) to FP2. 2) Moving further from the subject. 3) Choose a different number for the zoom-head position (wider angle of coverage). We recommend that you not manipulate shutter speed and aperture on the camera. 101